How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?

Many thanks in advance,

Aaron

"Lew Pitcher" <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote in message
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> In alt.os.linux, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?
>
> set -x

Thanks Lew,

Aaron

In alt.os.linux, Aaron Gray wrote:

> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?

set -x


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"Lew Pitcher" <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote in message
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> In alt.os.linux, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?
>
> set -x

Is there anyway to get it to echo without the '+ ' at the beggining of the
line ?

Aaron

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:49:04 +0100, Aaron Gray wrote:

>>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?

>> set -x

> Is there anyway to get it to echo without the '+ ' at the beggining of the
> line ?

Read the ****ing man page, you sniveling helpless stooge.

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Oh. I guess you can't do that.

Sounds like a homework question to me. Bugger off.


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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:49:04 +0100, Aaron Gray wrote:
>
>>>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?
>
>>> set -x
>
>> Is there anyway to get it to echo without the '+ ' at the beggining of
>> the
>> line ?
>
> Read the ****ing man page, you sniveling helpless stooge.
>
>> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
>
> Oh. I guess you can't do that.
>
> Sounds like a homework question to me. Bugger off.

Hi Dan, just here to annoy you again, as thats my sole purpose in life,
sorry I have not been annoying you again lately, but I am back now :)

No its not a homework question. I actually do open source software
development and am porting my project across Windows, Mac OSX and Linux so
people can use it what ever machine they are using. Now its great to ask a
quick question and get a quick answer without having to read through man
pages (which I hate doing) and move on to the next problem.

Cheers for the answer,

Aaron

On 2008-06-30, Aaron Gray wrote:
> "Lew Pitcher" <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> wrote in message
> news:bc701$48692e64$cef8b59e$1444@TEKSAVVY.COM-Free...
>> In alt.os.linux, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>
>>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?
>>
>> set -x
>
> Is there anyway to get it to echo without the '+ ' at the beggining of the
> line ?

PS4=

Or:

set -v ## Not quite the same as set -x

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On 2008-06-30, Aaron Gray wrote:
> "Dan C" <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote in message
> news:pan.2008.06.30.20.51.20.227389@moria2.lan...
>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:49:04 +0100, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>
>>>>> How do I make bash show the commands it is executing ?
>>
>>>> set -x
>>
>>> Is there anyway to get it to echo without the '+ ' at the beggining of
>>> the
>>> line ?
>>
>> Read the ****ing man page, you sniveling helpless stooge.
>>
>>> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
>>
>> Oh. I guess you can't do that.
>>
>> Sounds like a homework question to me. Bugger off.
>
> Hi Dan, just here to annoy you again, as thats my sole purpose in life,

While that's a worthy objective, you are only annoying everyone
else by reposting DanC's drivel. Please just killfile him.

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Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the
2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence